Insider Gaming writes: "It might seem a bit strange considering the PlayStation Portal is almost certainly a PlayStation 5 accessory, but according to Mat Piscatella in a now-deleted tweet, Circana will be tracking its sales as a console. According to Piscatella, the request was made by Sony themselves."
Push Square: "It's a fairly minor update, with the main addition being support for some 5GHz public WiFi networks, opening users up to faster connections when out of the house. On top of that, there's the usual line about improving stability."
Amazon Video Games Best Sellers
29. PlayStation Portal Remote Player
45. Xbox Series X 1TB Gaming Console
I put that there because people kept saying that even though it kept getting reported as the best selling accessory by dollar sales that it wasn't actually selling well.
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Sony‘s PlayStation Portal gamble has paid off, if sales are anything to go by. Eight months after its release, the PS5 accessory continues to sell in major markets. According to Circana, the PS5 remote player was U.S. market’s best-selling accessory in dollar sales for the month of May as well as the year 2024 to date.
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I’m very happy with my day one Portal, crazy that some people are still upset that the Portal s a thing and also selling well.
I really enjoy it. Its a convenience with a catch... currently. I'm confident that Sony will un-tether it from the console and let people use it for streaming from PS servers directly like PC players can do. Really utilize all the features of Gaikai that they purchased.
Them allowing off network connectivity is a good first step to achieving that goal.
Streaming would be really cool, I would like to play some PS3 games on it if possible.
I would love to play a game like Wet on Portal for some reason. I felt the Portal was perfect for playing Arashi on its smaller screen.
Loooooove the portal, there are some aspects to improve, but overall, a great first step (not in remote play, that's been out for years)
The PS Portal has a built-in browser capable of playing YouTube videos, and without the need to connect to a PS5 via Remote Play. The browser is buried in the Settings menu and has severe limitations, but it could open up future possibilities.
The inbuilt browser is usually how they hack into the system by tricking it into executing external code.
It wasn't the prima purpose of the devices and unessecery so they hid it likely out of fear of exploitation or the ability to use other cloud streaming services
Either they're going to patch it out or hackers are going to start opening up the doors to do tons of things for it. Likely why they opted out of having one readily available.
Playstation VR2 also counted as "console"?
It does come with a controller, so this is acceptable
It should, thems the rules setout my MS.
I don't know what Circana tracks or how they track stuff. But the tweets said as "hardware", but in my mind isn't the same as a console.
Yet Sony Direct themselves has it under “Accessories”